The island of Hawaii is about the size of Connecticut, yet contains a more diverse collection of climates and landscapes than you can imagine. While visiting Hawaii, you will encounter everything from fiery volcanoes to snow-capped mountains, lush rainforests and shimmering waterfalls, flower-filled meadows and white, black and green sand beaches. Hawaii is the youngest of the islands in the Hawaiian chain, and it is still being created today, with Mount Kilauea erupting and adding a football field of lava each week to the island.
The world’s tallest mountain (measured from the ocean floor) is Mauna Kea, and its snowy top has its own glacial lake. Its nearest neighbor - Mauna Loa - is the world’s largest volcano, and it rises over 30,000 feet from the ocean floor. Several ships include a night of scenic cruising past Mount Kilauea, and there is nothing quite like the spectacle of watching an erupting volcano spewing fiery red lava down its banks into the sea from the deck of your cruise ship.
See the map of Hilo, Hawaii below.
Click for more on the Big Island, including a map of Kailua Kona.
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